Policy Center

Areas of Study

We seek to become a unique and essential node in the network of institutions and organizations that shape health, environment, risk, and innovation policy by producing socially and historically centered perspectives and resources through our projects in these areas.

The conservation of energy and the reduction of negative impacts concerning climate change are principal challenges for us all. Projects in this area explore the social, economic, and health dimensions relevant to energy and climate concerns.

Issues in health and medicine are currently undergoing profound change. Projects in this area engage these issues, specifically to examine and explore the rapid development of biotechnologies and biomedicines and their integration with diverse communities, including those that are scientific, clinical, local, and corporate.

We live in an increasingly chemical world. However, many of the effects of chemical use are still being discovered. Projects in this area explore the pressing, universal issues surrounding chemical production and the subsequent risks to human and environmental health.

Equitable, socially and environmentally minded decision making is a key component in the creation of sustainable solutions. The projects in this area examine and explore the creation of regulatory regimes, especially their intersection with the larger public.

Fellowships at CHF

Hear It Firsthand

CHF’s Center for Oral History captures and preserves the stories of notable figures in chemistry and related fields. Many of the oral histories in the collection belong to recipients of CHF awards, including